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Alongside Lyra, the leading mobile payment solution in India signed with a new European retailer, mind Retail has learned on the sidelines of 1-to-1 Monaco. Here are the details.

13 March 2025

Printemps sets up in the U.S. against a backdrop of department store crisis

After beginning international expansion in 2022 in Doha (Qatar) with 40,000 sq.m, the Printemps group (21 department stores, confidential turnover) selected New York as the entry into the U.S.A...

13 March 2025

CMA CGM puts US$20 billion on the table to strengthen U.S.A. position

While additional customs duties are being confirmed (increase of 10% on Chinese products, which came into force at the beginning of February) or remain, for the moment, at the announcement stage...

10 March 2025

Lowe’s and Home Depot are banking on AI to assist customers

In the U.S.A., n°1 and n°2 D.I.Y. retailers, Home Depot and Lowe’s, unveiled their AI assistant a day apart. Home Depot (2024 turnover a US$159.5 billion, up by 4.5% year-on-year via...

10 March 2025

MediaMarkt rolls out a marketplace in Belgium and anchors in stores

After the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain and Austria, MediaMarkt launched a marketplace in Belgium on March 6, 2025. A subsidiary of Ceconomy (2024 turnover: €22.4 billion, up by 0.9% at...

10 March 2025

[mind Retail Exclusive] Exotec speeds up in supermarkets at Colruyt and E.Leclerc

In Belgium, the warehouse automation specialist Exotec signed an agreement with Colruyt grocery retailer (turnover of €5.4 billion in the 6 months to the end of September 2024 down by 0.5%...

7 March 2025

Thai subcontractors claim U$1 million from Otto Group

While in Germany, the application of CSDDD has been eased, Otto online retailer is the subject of a complaint related to Thai textile workers. After filing for bankruptcy, a former textile...

7 March 2025

Walmart leaves Japan by selling Seiyu for US$2.5 billion

On March 5, 2025, the American fund KKR and Walmart (turnover 2024 of US$681 billion, up by 5.6% at constant rates) announced the sale of the Japanese grocery retailer Seiyu, in which they hold...

6 March 2025

Ebay improves search engine with AI to filter fast deliveries

After reporting revenue of US$10.28 billion in 2024, up 2% at constant rate, and a net margin ratio of 19.2% of sales (a fall of 8.2 points), Ebay updated a search engine on February 26 to help...

6 March 2025

With a sample vending machine, Asda is testing a new medium for retail media

After launching a media agency LS Eleven Media Services in partnership with ad server SMG last May, the British supermarket chain Asda (turnover 2023: US$27.2 billion, up 7.1% in a year) has just...

5 March 2025

In France, Alibaba gained twice as many visitors as Amazon in Q4

Confirming the traction of low-price marketplaces, 3.14 million new French internet users used AliExpress in Q4 2024. This is the biggest gain in the Fevad and Médiamétrie panel. In the food...

5 March 2025

[mind Retail Exclusive] With Aive, Tefal boosts Instagram campaigns with AI

According to our sources, the Seb group selected the start-up Aive, specialised in the automation of content for social networks, for a first campaign on Instagram and Facebook during the holiday...

5 March 2025

In Germany, C&A closes the only European manufacturing site

The Dutch fashion brand C&A (13,000 stores in 17 countries) closed the 4,200 sq.m production plant in Mönchengladbach, Germany at the end of February 2025. Opened in 2021 for producing...

4 March 2025

For the first time since 2020, the number of French franchised stores fell in 2024

Closures in the fashion sector, lower performance for supermarkets and household equipment farnchised stores, which underperformed the market... In France, the number of franchises fell by 1.4% in...

4 March 2025

With Faume, Soeur launches into second-hand goods via an omnichannel approach

On February 26, 2025, the French fashion brand Soeur (turnover of €65 million in 2024, up by 30% in a year via 54 points of sale in Europe) rolled out a second-hand platform “Sœur...

3 March 2025

Ulta Beauty teams up with Lucky to publish stock data on brands’ websites

While the growth of Ulta Beauty is slowing down (Sales 2024 US$11.3 up by 0.8% after +5.7% in 2023, +15.6% in 2022 and +37.9% in 2021), the brand is strengthening an omnichannel approach to boost...

28 February 2025

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Hugues Chanoine (Hygie31 Digital): “The next step is to eliminate filters to move to 100% conversational search”

The Hygie31 retail group, known for the Lafayette Pharmacies, is continuing to transform its websites, driven by Cocooncenter. Thanks to an AI strategy and a fully redesigned IT architecture, it...

10 September 2026

ChatGPT: Bureau Vallée’s recipe to capture back-to-school spending

By launching a conversational chatbot with Algolia and a new module converting school lists into e-commerce carts this summer, Bureau Vallée aims to ease the chore of back-to-school supply list...

10 September 2026

Fnac Darty to launch Wero on its e-commerce sites

According to our information, Fnac Darty is about to deploy European payment solution Wero, based on account-to-account instant transfers, on its e-commerce sites. Already active in Germany at...

4 September 2026

Why Shein emits twice as much CO2 as Inditex for equivalent revenue

On the occasion of an IPO, Shein revealed a carbon footprint of 25.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2025, up by 20% compared to a reference year. For an equivalent sales level, the fast...

3 September 2026

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In the USA, the Federal Trade Commission has just required full transparency on the use of pricing algorithms based on personal data, under threat of penalties. In this regulatory framework...

21 August 2026

From ChatGPT Ads to Amazon Alexa for Shopping: advertising in LLMs scales up in Europe

This summer, OpenAI successively rolled out its ChatGPT Ads platform in the UK and in 30 European countries. From formats used, CPM levels notably for FMCG products and the new role of GEO...

27 August 2026

With Claudeforce, Salesforce opens data to Anthropic and shifts into the conversational AI era

With the announcement of deep integration of the Claude LLM within the Salesforce ecosystem via MCP servers, SaaS software interfaces are fading in favour of AI agents. According to...

9 September 2026

Retail media & LLMs: navigating intent-driven and custom experiences

From store aisles to ChatGPT Ads placements, retail media is shifting away from traditional slots, formats and keywords toward intent-based targeting. Driven by lower access costs to LLMs, full...

31 August 2026

Facing SharkNinja’s hegemony, Carrefour and Darty gain ground on TikTok Shop

While Sephora follows in Ulta's footsteps on TikTok Shop in the US, mind Retail analyzed sellers performance in Q2 2026. Based on exclusive data from Lengow and Kalodata, this European market...

7 September 2026

Fnac Darty to launch Wero on its e-commerce sites

According to our information, Fnac Darty is about to deploy European payment solution Wero, based on account-to-account instant transfers, on its e-commerce sites. Already active in Germany at...

4 September 2026